Television studios bet the farm on reality shows, where they didn't need any actors and movie studios had no plans for any quality movies that required the presence of me.
Alfre WoodardOnce our storyline gets under way, I just hope people don't throw cabbages at me in the market.
Alfre WoodardAs an adult after college and as an artist I thought about what was real, what sustained me - it was Christian Science. I was using that when I didn't know it. Saying yes to the Light and your better instinct.
Alfre WoodardAfter 9/11 and the impending actors' strike of a few years ago, roles dried up for everyone.
Alfre WoodardI identify myself as an actor, because I feel like you don't go to the doctress, you go to the doctor; it doesn't matter what the gender is. I think actresses worry about eyelashes and cellulite, and women who are actors worry about the characters we are playing. A separate category is another way of making us a special-interest group.
Alfre Woodard